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Spell Bee Word: Drowsy

Drowsy (adjective): so tired that your eyes start to close and you feel you could nod off soon.


What does drowsy mean?

Word: Drowsy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Drowsy means so tired that your eyes start to close and you feel you could nod off soon.

Synonyms: sleepy, tired

Antonyms: alert

How do you spell drowsy?

Syllables: drow - sy

Tricky part: The ow sound is spelt ow, as in cow, not ou. Children often write drousy.

Watch out for: drousy, drowsey, drausy

Memory tip: Read the first letters of this line: Dreamy Rani Often Wants Sleep, Yawning. They spell D-R-O-W-S-Y.

Drowsy in a sentence

Example 1: I feel drowsy after a long day at the fair.

Example 2: The drowsy puppy curled up in a basket.

Example 3: The warm afternoon made the whole class drowsy.

Fun Fact

People have used the word drowsy in English for about 500 years. It comes from an Old English word meaning to be slow and heavy.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

drowsy

a) awake
b) hungry
c) lonely
d) quiet

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a) awake. A drowsy child can hardly keep their eyes open; an awake child is wide-eyed and ready.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) drowsee
b) drowsy
c) drowsie
d) drowsi

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b) drowsy. Drowsy ends in a plain y.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

drow_y

a) x
b) s
c) c
d) z

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b) s. Here the letter s makes a z sound.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ywodsr

a) drowys
b) drowsy
c) dsrowy
d) rdowsy

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b) drowsy. Read each choice aloud: only drowsy says drow-zee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can you tell that someone is drowsy?

a) They keep yawning.
b) They keep sneezing.
c) They keep coughing.
d) They keep giggling.

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a) They keep yawning.

2. At what time are most children drowsy?

a) late at night
b) during a game
c) at the start of a party
d) at breakfast

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a) late at night

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: sleepy, tired, alert

More words from this list

grandchild, jaw, neigh, reality, spade, twelve, approve, caterpillar

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